The Commonwealth of Australia of Vancouver Straits is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister John Gorton with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 10.683 billion Australians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government prioritizes Healthcare, with Education, Defense, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canberra. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Australian economy, worth 974 trillion Australian Dollar AUD$s a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,180 Australian Dollar AUD$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vancouver Straits's national animal is the Kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secular.

Vancouver Straits is ranked 44,428^th in the world and 65^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Most Cultured, scoring 74 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.